We are all consumers. Every time we make a purchase, however humble, we are consciously or unconsciously using our power to choose. Since art is involved in most of the objects seen and used every day, one of the great needs of the consumer is knowledge of the principles fundamental to good taste. Good taste, in the field of art, is the application of the principles of design to the problems in life where appearances as well as utility are a consideration. With the development of our appreciation of these principles, the meaning of the term "principles of design" broadens and deepens. These principles are never static. They should be regarded as flexible guides to be used in producing a desired result. It has been said that good taste is doing unconsciously the right thing, at the right time, in the right way. Good taste in art can be acquired by applying the principles of beauty deliberately until, the time is reached when the right thing is done unconsciously. Good taste, then, includes the selection and arrangement of all our belongings—our communal as well as our personal possessions. For the sake of economy as well as beauty, it is important that every individual should understand and apply these principles of art. Since the appearance of the things we acquire causes us to enjoy some of them permanently, while others please for only a little while, it is an advantage to be able to judge discriminately. Beauty is determined not by the cost but by the quality of the objects chosen. Most people who enjoy the effect of richness would like to know how to appreciate the restraint, which marks the difference between the rich and the gaudy, while others who like simple things wish to recognize the point where plainness ceases to be beautiful and becomes monotonous and unimaginative. Training will show where merely a variation of proportions or the addition of some simple note of contrast will result in a quality and beauty that might otherwise be lacking. The word” gaudy" An the second paragraph most probably means

A. properly painted
B. moderately shaped
C. attractively decorated
D. too brightly colored